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Lol. You don't believe in fairy tales so this is rubbish. That might be their public persona, but it's not their business model.
I don't have to believe in fairy tales, it's been their business model for at least a decade.
Transform themselves into a quais-public meeting place with the knowledge that some percentage of the meeting public will also purchase something. Contrast that with a sit down restaurant where every person who occupies the seating is expected to order something every time.
Starbucks is banking on the idea that if it's easy and comfortable to hang out in Starbucks, you will. And some of those times you will order stuff, some of those times you won't. But as long as you're hanging out at Starbucks, you don't have a reason to go to one of their competitors just to get coffee.
You can google "Starbucks" and "third place" if you want more detail.